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myText[1] = "Revamp for edie awards pages";
myLink[1] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15812&title=Revamp+for+edie+awards+pages";
myText[2] = "Recycling plant engulfed in flames";
myLink[2] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15811&title=Recycling+plant+engulfed+in+flames";
myText[3] = "Post-Christmas recycling campaigns kick off";
myLink[3] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15810&title=Post%2DChristmas+recycling+campaigns+kick+off";
myText[4] = "Consultancy Awards voting window extended for 2009";
myLink[4] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15809&title=Consultancy+Awards+voting+window+extended+for+2009";
myText[5] = "Awards entry call";
myLink[5] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15808&title=Awards+entry+call";
myText[6] = "New awards announced for 2009";
myLink[6] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15807&title=New+awards+announced+for+2009";
myText[7] = "Sustainable Business - Review of the Year 2008";
myLink[7] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15806&title=Sustainable+Business+%2D+Review+of+the+Year+2008";
myText[8] = "Pollution - Review of the Year 2008";
myLink[8] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15805&title=Pollution+%2D+Review+of+the+Year+2008";
myText[9] = "Waste & Recycling - Review of the Year 2008";
myLink[9] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15804&title=Waste+%26+Recycling+%2D+Review+of+the+Year+2008";
myText[10] = "Brown promises green New Deal";
myLink[10] = "http://www.edie.ie/news/news_story.asp?id=15803&title=Brown+promises+green+New+Deal";
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	if (document.getElementById) {	
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		//t.innerHTML = "<a href=\"http://www.edie.net/news\"><img src=\"http://www.edie.net/images/mini_edie.gif\" border=\"0\"></a> Breaking News: ";
		t.innerHTML = "<a href=\"http://www.edie.net/ireland/news\">"; 
		//t.innerHTML += "<img src=\"http://www.heatingandventilating.net/images/HVRweek_tiny.gif\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\"></a>";
		t.innerHTML += "";
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		tbase.style.padding = '0px';
		tbase.style.textDecoration = 'none';
		tbase.innerHTML = '';
		tbase.href = myLink[0];
		tbase.target = "_new";
		document.getElementById('ticker').appendChild(tbase);
		myText[0]=" "
		doTick();
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function doTick() {
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